Search results for "Christian music" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • foundation in both western and non-western music. This foundation is due to ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...
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  • Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by dominant vocals (often with strong use of harmony) drawn from Christian worship ...
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  • – 524 or 525 C.E.) was a polymath and a Christian philosopher of the sixth ... was brought up in the house of a devoted Christian, Quintus Aurelius Memmius ...
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  • In Western tonal music a key is the central aural reference point ... A key may be major or minor. Some music is considered to be in a mode—such ...
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  • and audiences through the illustrious music for the piano. ... the St. Petersburg Conservatory, the first music school in Russia. He also ...
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  • guitar greats like Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian. ... amplified guitar (e.g., Charlie Christian), Lang’s sound was thin ...
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  • Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... music" or Contemporary Christian music). ==Non-western sacred music== ...
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  • included Law, Theology, Philosophy and Music. He wrote works expounding ... positive impact on the development of Christian theology and practice. ...
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  • of the most important French composer and music theorist of the Baroque era ... philosophy and the writings of the early Christian philosophers, most notably ...
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  • #039; most successful rock and country music artists of the twentieth ... Network and converted to a Christian music venue in 1990. ...
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  • wrote for all economic levels so that his music could touch as many as possible ... producing such musicals as Sweet Adeline, Music In the Air, Three Sisters ...
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  • in Babylonia. A rich tradition of cantorial music flourished in later centuries ... in 70 C.E., a consensus developed that all music and singing would be banned ...
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  • classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... rich legacy of Americana, with its deep Christian and Puritan heritage, as ...
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  • Martha Reeves was brought up in the Christian church by her grandfather ... member Rosalind Ashford retired from the music business. However, several ...
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  • African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... a wide variety of Spirituals and other Christian music. Many of these songs ...
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  • twentieth-century American composer and music administrator. In addition ... achieved prominence in the international music scene. Although he was influenced ...
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  • of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genres, including ... an amateur pianist, taught him to play, and music formed a part of family life ...
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  • Swing refers to both a special quality of jazz music (and some related ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that ...
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  • The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ... culture. Jain, Buddhist, Greco-Roman, Christian, and Islamic influences ...
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  • which incorporated elements of blues and gospel music. ... opposed to the character of swing music, partly as a result of growing ...
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